The business owner had to () 50 jobs to save money.

• A. Eliminate
• B. Hire
• C. Reduce
• D. Outsource

Answer: (A)

To save money, a business often cuts costs by removing positions. Eliminate means to remove those jobs entirely, which directly lowers payroll and provides immediate cost savings. In this sentence, eliminating 50 jobs cleanly conveys the action of ending those roles to reduce expenses. The other options don’t fit as naturally: hiring would increase costs; reducing could work but sounds less decisive about actually removing the positions; outsourcing could save money but changes how work is done rather than simply terminating the jobs. So elimination is the direct, clear way to express saving money by cutting staff.